Garment shield



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Patented Nov. 10, 1942 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE 2,301,881 GARMENT SHIELD Godel Kalenofi, Brooklyn, N. Y.

Application September 17, 1941, Serial No. 411,185

1 Claim.

This invention relates to garment shields, and more particularly to the type of garment shield that is generally referred to as a dress shield, for use in clothing for both men and women. Dress shields are commonly made of moisture-repellent material to protect the garment from the perspiration of the body. Under certain conditions and for certain individuals the normal shields now on the market are totally inadequate since, due to the fact that the shields must be either waterproof or at least moisture-repellent, excess perspiration due to heat, nervousness or natural conditions of particular people will not be absorbed by the air and will roll off the shield onto the clothing. Moreover, if the shields have any absorbent properties whatsoever, they quickly become soiled and are apt to give off an offensive odor.

An object of this invention is to provide a shield which may be used in any type of clothing where the arm is covered, and which is adapted to handle relatively large quantities of perspiration without soiling the clothing, and will keep the body dry regardless of the heat or tendency to perspire, at least as far as perspiration from the arm pit and the surrounding area is concerned.

A further object of the invention is to provide a shield which may readily be kept clean and which will not be subject to objectionable odors and which, if it is desired, may be treated with deodorants to prevent odors from perspiration being detected.

A further object is to provide a shield which may be worn independently of the clothing and which is readily adaptable to conventional garments.

A still further object is to provide a shield in which absorbent material may be carried and readily disposed of or cleaned to prevent the accumulation of body odors.

With these and other objects in view, which will become apparent as the description proceeds, reference is had to the accompanying drawing, in which- Fig. 1 is a side elevation partly in section of a shield embodying my invention;

Fig. 2 is a cross-sectional view taken on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 is an enlarged cross-sectional view of part of the structure shown in Fig. 2;

Fig. 4 is a sectional view showing a slight modification of my invention;

Fig. 5 is a cross-sectional view showing a modification of my invention adapted for use independently of the clothing;

Fig. 6 is a plan View partly in section of the shield shown in Fig. 5.

Referring to Figs. 1, 2, 3 and 4, I provide the normal inverted V-shaped shield body In which is made of non-absorbent waterproof or moistureproof material similar in general shape to the conventional dress shield now on the market. At each side of the shield I provide a pocket member ll stitched at its edges l2 to the lower edge of the body portion I 0 and being free at its upper edge l3 from the body portion H]. The pocket portion II is provided with an inwardly extending flap l4 stitched to it at l5.

An absorbent pad which may be made of cotton, cellulose material or any other absorbent material I6 is positioned behind the flap [4 in the where it will be absorbed and will be prevented by the pocket I I from overflowing the shield and staining the garment.

In the slight modification shown in Fig. 4, a series of tapes 20 connect the inner flap It to the pocket member II at 2| and 22. In this construction strips of loose cellulose material or other absorbent 23 may be positioned behind the tapes and easily removed and replaced with other strips. It will be readily appreciated that the absorbent material [6 or 23 may be moistened with any one of the commercial brands of deodorants' designed to kill the odor of perspiration.

The modified form shown in Figs. 5 and 6 is adapted to be worn either independently or in conjunction with a garment. With a shortsleeved undershirt the body portion 36 may be fastened to the shirt by means of snap fasteners 3| or by any similar means. The body 30 may be removably snapped into the inside of a longsleeved shirt or it may be worn independently of any garment entirely and supported by the harness 32 which connects to the snap fasteners 33. Quite obviously, any means of fastening the device may be used, but the harness 32 and straps 34 around the arm and 35 over the shoulder has proven satisfactory. The body 30 is provided with pocket members 36 and 3'! and is slightly wider at the body end 38 than at the arm end 39. A beaded edge 40 is also provided to prevent perspiration from flowing over the side when the arm or body is not in the normal position. The pocket members 35 and 31 are formed in much the same manner as in the other form having an inwardly extending flap member 42 to hold the absorbent material 43 in place, and may be provided with openings 44 to allow perspiration to be absorbed by the pad from a point below the .top 45 of the pocket. An additional absorbent pad 46 may be positioned in the pocket 41 immediately under the arm pit to absorb additional moisture through the openings 48 and through the opening 49. Instead of the pocket 41 the absorbent material 46 may, if desired, be positioned by tapes so that the greater portion of the absorbed material is brought into contact with the arm,

It will also be appreciated that any type of absorbent material may be substituted for the pad 43 shown and may be positioned, if desired, by strips in the pocket rather than by the shape and configuration of the pad.

I claim:

A garment shield made of non-absorbent, moisture-proof material, said shield being provided with a pocket adapted toreceive absorbent material, and means for positioning said material in said pocket, said means including tapes in said pocket adjacent the bottom thereof and a flap extending downwardly and inwardly from the top edge of said pocket.

GODEL KALENOFF. 

